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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Some of the films are haunting, some of them more macabre, but all of them play with holiday symbolism in way that will make viewers rethink a lot of their favorite celebrations.
- 67The Film StageAmanda WaltzThe Film StageAmanda WaltzWhile each entry satisfies in its own unique way, the anthology as a whole makes for an impressive examination of distaff fears and underestimated ferocity.
- 50The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeLike a family dinner with an eccentric uncle, Holidays’ quirkiness is fitfully entertaining, but ultimately exhausting.
- 50RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsNot bad enough to dissuade prospective viewers' from their curiosity. In fact, the whole feather-light affair is practically redeemed by a single entry: writer/director Anthony Scott Burns' superbly spooky Father's Day segment.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe uneven collection is guaranteed to permanently tarnish at least one of your favorite days.
- 40Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe film mostly feels perfunctory and awkward — like calling home at Christmas.
- 38Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezEvery short exudes a commercially slick anonymity that effectively flattens any potential excitement.